Vantaggi
Contributing to people's wellness is BY FAR the greatest perk working at CrossFit HQ. There are still a few great people here, despite the mass layoffs. The gym is as incredible as you'd imagine. If you wanted to, you can work out twice a day and clock in about 5 hours of real work (surprise - many people want to). Good health benefits.
Svantaggi
If it weren't for the fact that people are haphazardly let go in droves, it would almost be comical just how unsophisticated, merciless, non-communicative and generally lost the leadership is. - There are no best practices adhered to, anywhere. - IT is a disaster and products/systems are always insanely delayed and subpar once launched - Generally, there's a man-child complex that runs throughout the company; talking about real challenges makes people uncomfortable or downright angry and therefore nothing is ever fixed. If you are smart and have good ideas, you will be largely ignored or jettisoned for fear that you might rock the (sinking) boat. - The nepotism is wide and destructive. - Many on the exec team hate one another and don't interact unless forced to in a social setting. - The owner (Greg Glassman) is detached from reality and doesn't express care for a single employee beyond the small cadre of yes-men he's retained. - The CEO is universally disliked and doesn't know the names of a single employee outside the "friends of Greg" circle. - Qualified employees are underpaid. Unqualified people with connections to the founder are paid handsomely to do very little. - Mature professionals - especially women - don't last long at CrossFit. I've literally seen senior level women with business pedigrees relegated to glorified scheduling admins. - The owner/founder is surrounded by sycophants who reinforce all of his bad ideas and do everything they can to limit his circle of influence. - The mission has gone from a health focus that would open the CrossFit tent to newcomers to a fringe health science message that is off-putting and lazily executed.